modern memory quilts
Here is one of my latest projects – a quilt made from baby clothes, of course! 🙂 This one added in some minky squares throughout the quilt top to stretch out a smallish amount of smaller clothes (basically all <12 month onesies.) I love the way that looks… it make the quilt top so soft, it adds some visual height & texture, and it really sets off the clothing squares!
This order also included a matching tooth fairy pillow made out of baby clothes! So cute!
Ever had a pin go viral? I just did!
Over the past week, this pin has been pinned 765 times from my Fashion for Real Life board!!! Crazy, right?
I love this outfit, and it is pretty much exactly what I wear everyday (although more often than not it’s yoga pants instead of jeans!) So now I am feeling extremely fashionable & stylish. 🙂 Hoodies & jeans are where it’s at!
If you’re on Pinterest, definitely check out my boards & follow along! I pin all kinds of content for moms (besides my baby clothes quilts, of course – hey, makers gotta self-promote!) including funny baby onesies (perfect for a quilt – hint hint!), amazing nursery design, playhouses, big kid rooms, birthday party ideas, mom fashion & more!
Just finished up a couple of adorable baby clothes quilts! These shipped all the way over to Hong Kong – I get a lot of business from outside the US, so don’t hesitate to contact me about international orders!
Was so excited to see your mail this morning, can’t wait to get my hands on them. I am trying so hard to not spoil the surprise hence the kids haven’t seen their quilt yet. But I am sure they will be jumping for JOY when they see their very own quilt. My son is very particular in terms of what he likes or not like. He actually helped me to pickup things to put into the box to send you. I am sure he will appreciate the work that you have put into it and the waiting time is definitely worth it.
Here are some pictures of a baby clothes quilt I recently finished up. My customer just received the quilt a couple days ago, and sent me the sweetest email that I just have to share (I’m blushing as I copy & paste it!):
Jamie 🙂
You amazing masterpiece arrived today. After working a very, very long 12 hours I came home and opened the box with the most beautiful quilt ever!! in it. I seriously spent about 20 minutes just looking at it and marveling at the beauty and creativity of it. It is just simply perfect! (not simple though 🙂 ).The Riley section may be my favorite. The way you put the leash on it and the animals???? I seriously could not have imagined how spectacular it would turn out. It made me teary just thinking of Riley and seeing all her things again. The quilt is proudly on my bed right now. My husband and I have a king size but the quilt is mostly on mine 🙂I could not be happier! So THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! You did a fabulous job. I am so grateful. I will tell you once again how gifted you are and talented. Thank YOU for sharing your gift.Take care Jamie and I wish you oodles of success!!!!!
Do I have the best customers or what?? 🙂
This one actually includes 4 separate sections: 1 section of the husband & wife’s memorable clothes from things like their first date, honeymoon, etc, 1 section of their beloved dog Riley’s beds, sweaters & toys (she had recently passed away,) and 1 section of clothes for each of her daughters. Such a cute idea, and such a cute quilt!
Here are the pics – feel free to Pin them! 🙂
The vast majority of the quilts I do are baby clothes quilts, with quite a few t-shirt quilts and memorial quilts thrown in for good measure. (It’s probably about 70/30.) But every once in a while, I do something really unique, and it’s a fun break from quilting with clothes!
A previous client had a great idea – she wanted to turn her daughter’s crayon drawing into an original throw quilt, and I couldn’t love the way it turned out any more!
I used Kona 100% cotton solids to match up all of the colors in the artwork, and found the perfect Michael Miller 100% cotton for the backing. Each free-form circle was appliqued with matching thread. Circles were stitched with a loose spiral, to keep the free-form, “children’s art” feel. I used a meandering stitch for the negative space.
She loved it, I loved it, my Facebook fans loved it, and I had a blast doing something different & pushing myself out of my comfort zone!! Those who know me know I rarely back down from a sewing challenge! 🙂
The original drawing, scanned & emailed to me.
The finished quilt.
The finished art quilt, used as a wall hanging.
Michael Miller backing
A close up of the quilting detail.
